2. Finnish people do traditionally pretty well in Formula 1 competitions and watching them used to be a pretty big past time activity at some point.

3. "Tuli vähän maisteltua" can be translated to "It just so happens that I tasted (and possibly wholly consumed) [a few drinks]." and is a very roundabout way of saying that you just can't help but drink a lot.

4. Very hard to translate and is kind of poetic as well. Basically means that the person went on a drinking spree.